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| Sep 30, 2026 | You may not just have one credit score | For most of my adult life, we have talked about credit scores as if everyone has one.
“What’s your credit score?” “Mine is 720.” “I need to get mine above 700 before I buy a house.”
It turns out that may be an overly simplistic way to think... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | New credit score pricing grids point to higher borrower costs, report shows | Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published official pricing grids for single-family mortgages using the traditional Classic FICO and new VantageScore 4.0 models. Early analyses suggest the new credit score model could result in higher borrow... |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Milliman names Jim Fulton next CEO | Milliman, Inc., a leading global actuarial and consulting firm, today announced that Jim Fulton has been named Milliman’s next Chief Executive Officer. Fulton has served as Milliman’s Chief Financial Officer since 2015 and has been a leader... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | A new option for long-term care costs | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Paula Span, KFF Health News
Kelly Haggett figures that a mandatory surcharge added to Washington state’s payroll tax cost her about $500 last year. But she doesn’t really mind.
“On a scale of 1 ... |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Expect a major shift in credit allocation as a result of lender choice | Lender and GSE responses to the “lender choice” credit score selection policy announced last year are likely to have significant impacts on the allocation of mortgage credit among credit investors. As analyzed in several studies, including ... |
| May 19, 2026 | Milliman Financial Strategies Limited launches MGTS Milliman SmartShield Fund in UK | Milliman Financial Strategies Limited has announced the launch of the MGTS Milliman SmartShield Fund in the UK. The fund makes available to advisers a disciplined approach to managing downside risk, previously only available to insurers and... |
| Mar 26, 2026 | In switching to original Medicare, beware of Medigap plan refusals | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News
It’s open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people currently enrolled in private managed-care plans can either sign up for a new one or switch to o... |
| Oct 29, 2025 | PCMS Announces Strategic Integration with Milliman's Datalytics-Defense and Nodal Platforms | Optimize legal spend and claim outcomes
Harness advanced AI analytics to improve litigation strategies and forecast future litigation costs
Partnership Enhances Legal Spend Management, Claims Efficiency, and Medical Bill Review for P&C ... |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Breaking down why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up | One thing is surer than ever, say many policy experts: Beneficiaries should not simply roll over their existing stand-alone Medicare drug plans.
“Everyone should shop plans in open enrollment,” said Stacie Dusetzina, a professor of health p... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Colorado Medicaid to pay for collaborative work to bring mental health into primary care | The model won’t eliminate the need for referrals, but will allow some kids to get their mental health care in a place where they already feel comfortable, Nagel said.
“We could probably fill the schedules of five to six behavioral health pr... |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Toco At Work Re-Launches Employee Vehicle Service Contract Benefit on Milliman Connect | Toco At Work, the most awarded new employee benefit in 2024
The Average turnover rate among US businesses between 2022 and 2023 was 17.3%
Milliman helps us deliver that experience with the sophistication and reliability today’s HR teams exp... |
| May 23, 2025 | The Storm Ahead: How Climate Change is Reshaping Insurance and Mortgages | The winds of change are blowing through the insurance and mortgage industries. Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it’s a present reality. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warns of an above-average hur... |
| May 22, 2025 | Insurers brace for impact as NOAA predicts above-average hurricane season | NOAA announced an above-average hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms, of which six to 10 will become hurricanes and three to five will be major ones.
Insurers have already seen claims costs soar in 2025 from California wildfire dama... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Climate Risks: The New Reality for U.S. and Canadian Real Estate | The landscape of real estate in the U.S. and Canada is shifting. Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it’s a present reality. Rising sea levels, wildfires, and severe storms are reshaping property values and mortgage lending practi... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | U.S. and Canada property valuation: Climate risk impacts and implications | The U.S. and Canadian real estate markets are unstable amidst increasingly severe climate risks — including floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. This necessitates a radical re-think of common risk management strategies. While both nations sha... |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection: A Tale of Two Agencies | In the digital age, security and consumer protection are paramount. Two recent reports highlight the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by federal agencies in these realms. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the American Land T... |
| Aug 13, 2024 |
ALTA responds to CFPB’s inquiry on mortgage fees | The American Land Title Association is making it clear that it won’t have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau making drastic changes to title insurance without first at least hearing the trade groups thoughts on the issue.
In a 15-page... |
| Jul 23, 2024 |
ALTA official tackles title insurance alternatives and market share | In a recent episode of “Ten Minute Talks,” HousingWire president Diego Sanchez spoke with Chris Morton of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) to shed light on the future of title insurance, alternative options, regulations, market co... |
| May 20, 2024 |
Fraud, forgery claims are costliest expenses for title insurers | Fraud and forgery claims represented more than one-fifth of the total dollars spent by title insurers on claims expenses and losses over the past decade, according to a study conducted by Milliman and commissioned by the American Land Title... |
| May 8, 2024 | National Institute on Retirement Security Submits Research Issue Brief to U.S. Senate HELP Committee with Policy Options for Boosting Private-Sector Pension Coverage | Webinar Today at 2 PM ET to Review Research
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to a request for information issued by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the National Institute on ... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Government pensions have investments in TikTok owner ByteDance | Government pension funds throughout the country have a stake in the future of TikTok, according to a new analysis.
Why it matters: Congress is considering legislation that would force China-based ByteDance to sell the social entertainment a... |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Cancer Scan Co., Ltd. Cancer Scan and Amgen publish a report on the project based on the “Osteoporosis Disease Awareness Project Agreement through Public-Private Partnership” concluded with Osaka City | |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Cancer Scan Co., Ltd. Cancer Scan and Amgen publish a report on the project based on the “Osteoporosis Disease Awareness Project Agreement through Public-Private Partnership” concluded with Osaka City | Cancer Scan Co., Ltd.
CancerScan and Amgen publish a project report based on the
“Osteoporosis Disease Awareness Project Agreement through
Public-Private Partnership” signed with Osaka City
We encouraged Osaka residents to undergo osteoporo... |
| Mar 13, 2024 |
As insurance costs rise, real estate agents have more buyer concerns to assuage | As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents, but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that.
“Before, insurance was kind of an aftert... |
| Jun 21, 2023 | AI at the Intersection: The a16z Investment Thesis on AI in Bio + Health | A Tale of Two Exponentials Harnessing Moore to combat Eroom
Computers today are roughly 1000x more powerful, at the same price, than those a decade ago. And they are roughly a million times more powerful than twenty years ago. This dramati... |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Source.ag ploughs $23 million following launch of its first greenhouse farming AI last year | Amsterdam-based Source.ag said it has received $23 million in series A funding, closing out the round to bring its lifetime total to $35 million.
Source.ag develops AI to assist greenhouse farm owners. The AI is able to simulate cultivation... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Hospice care needs saving | Hospice in America is gravely ill.
An extensive investigation jointly published by The New Yorker and ProPublica documented outright fraud, predatory practices, and flagrant mistreatment by specific publicly traded and private equity-owned ... |
| Nov 23, 2022 | Milliman Launches ALM Software to Help Insurers of All Sizes Meet Stochastic Valuation Requirements | Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the release of Milliman Agile ALM. This innovative software package makes asset/liability management (ALM) and stochastic valuation accessible to more insurers,... |
| Nov 13, 2022 | How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 1) | This two-part article was researched and written in partnership with Cathy DuRei, President of Rumbly Health. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Unanswered cries: Why California faces a shortage of mental health workers | In summary
With demand rising for mental health care, and providers in short supply, experts explain how California got here – and where we may be headed.
The need for therapists, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists is greater t... |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Milliman analysis: Public pensions recover majority of June's market losses, reach 77.3% funded as of July 31 | Milliman PPFI plans see estimated investment returns of 4.7% in aggregate during July
SEATTLE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its Public Pen... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Freddie Mac opens 2022 with two large CRT offerings | Freddie Mac recently announced that its credit-risk transfer (CRT) program is projecting note-issuance volume of at least $25 billion in 2022. The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) has made its first down-payment on that projection by i... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | As internet access limits telehealth’s reach, insurers are starting to cover the bill | Billions of dollars have been poured into telehealth during the pandemic: Insurers loosened the purse strings on virtual appointments, digital health companies pulled in astronomical investments, and the public markets minted multiple unico... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Milliman analysis: Public pension funded status ends 2021 at 85.5%, highest in over five years | SEATTLE, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the fourth quarter (Q4) 2021 results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which consists of the nation's 100 l... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | scPharmaceuticals : January 2022 – H.C. Wainwright BIOCONNECT Virtual Conference | H.C. Wainwright
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| Jan 5, 2022 | scPharmaceuticals : January 2022 – LifeSci Partners Corporate Access Event | 11th Annual LifeSci
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| Dec 14, 2021 | Bank of China Group Insurance engages Milliman and CoverGo to design and build new motor insurance products and platform | HONG KONG, Dec. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of China Group Insurance (BOCG Insurance), a leader in general insurance in the region, Milliman, an international actuarial and consulting firm, are joining forces with CoverGo, leader in insur... |
| Nov 23, 2021 | 5 things U.S. government can do to fix our broken healthcare system | There’s no denying that America’s healthcare system is broken. The United States spends three times more per person on medical expenses than the average developed country does, and yet our life expectancy is lower and costs for the patients... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Contributed: Improving healthcare productivity with automation and opportunities for startups | Photo: Me789 Studio/Getty Images |
| Sep 22, 2021 | PlanSource Continues to Invest in AI Technology to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency for HR Leaders in the Titan Release | ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PlanSource, a leading provider of cloud-based benefits administration technology, announced today the launch of its Titan Software release. Available September 9 to all PlanSource customers ... |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Milliman HealthIO Announces Collaboration with Papa, Inc. to Aid in Chronic Care Management | Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced today that Milliman HealthIO is collaborating with senior assistance start-up Papa, Inc. with the goal of providing hands-on help to HealthIO program members.
HealthI... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Milliman Acquires SkySail Rx, Enhances Pharmacy Data Analytics Capabilities | Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced the acquisition of SkySail Rx, a pharmacy benefit technology firm that specializes in leveraging data for all aspects of pharmacy benefit pricing and contract managem... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Top 5 Medicare Advantage plan changes coming for 2022 | While some of the changes in the 2022 final rule had been announced before Covid-19, several updates, particularly to the payment growth rate, were unexpected. The following are the top 5 changes in the MA and Part D final rule for 2022.
Ef... |
| Mar 15, 2021 | The Treasury Bond Market Is Getting Destroyed. Is It Time To Buy? | Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell will announce projections for the economy after the FOMC ... [+] meeting next week. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Behavioral health startup NeuroFlow raises $20M from Magellan Health | NeuroFlow works with health systems like Jefferson Health and the U.S. Air Force
Mental health was already a problem for many people before COVID, and the pandemic has only made it worse: over 40 percent of respondents to a survey in June &... |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Get Personal with Your Workplace Benefits | (Family Features) Choosing employee benefits during annual enrollment is often one of the most important financial decisions you make each year.
If your company is like most, it offers benefits to protect you and your family physically, emo... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Fintech's Wildfire Fighter: This Reinsurer Is Using A.I. To Make California Insurance Affordable | Kettle's technology aims to predict where California's next wildfire will start and prevent property ... [+] insurance prices from spiraling out of control. Kettle |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Workplace Mental Health: Where To From Here? | Tired man sitting at desk in modern office getty |
| Jul 22, 2020 | Beyond Covid-19: 5 opportunities for startups to reshape the future healthcare landscape | The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the world as we know it, taking an unprecedented toll on health and human life. The healthcare ecosystem has quickly mobilized to mitigate the crisis – modifying care access points and modalities w... |
| Sep 25, 2019 | CyberFortress Announces $3 Million Seed Fundraising Round Co-Led by Greycroft and LiveOak Venture Partners | Insuretech Startup Will Offer Innovative, Parametric Solution for E-Commerce Companies
SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 25, 2019–
CyberFortress, an insuretech startup focused on protecting e-commerce companies from cyber threats, annou... |
| Mar 3, 2019 | 3 Principles to Value-based Care Contracting Arrangements for Behavioral Health | It’s long past time for the U.S. health system to improve care for our behavioral health patient population.
With every headline about our country’s mental health crisis or opioid crisis, this painful reality becomes more apparent – and as ... |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Behavioral Health Startup Tridiuum Raises $9.5M to Integrate Behavioral Health Across Continuum of Care | Tridiuum (formerly known as Polaris Health Directions), a Philadelphia-based provider of cloud-based behavioral health solutions has raised $9.5 million in Series B financing, which includes equity capital from lead investor Sopris Capital ... |
| Aug 10, 2018 | The tale of two Medicares: Canadian and American | Medicare for all — or the idea that every American should have some form of public health insurance — continues to forge its way into political debates. With such momentum, however, can come fearmongering and obstructionism. History and dat... |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Cost vs. value for benefits and premiums is at the heart of the ACA repeal and replace debate | The Freedom Caucus had been pushing for those benefits to be removed, arguing that coverage guarantees were driving up premium prices.
“We ultimately will be judged by only one factor: if insurance premiums come down,” Freedom Caucus Chairm... |
| Mar 23, 2017 | Column:: Eliminating essential health insurance benefits is a stupid idea that won’t save money. Here’s why. | You can add this to the list of proposed conservative “reforms” to the health care system that won’t work to lower costs and is a terrible idea in general: gutting the list of essential health benefits required to be covered by every Obamac... |
| Jan 28, 2016 | Here's How Much Bernie Sanders Would Raise Taxes | Correction appended, Jan. 28, 2016
Ever since Walter Mondale lost the 1984 election by a landslide after saying he would raise taxes, the conventional wisdom has been that it was the worst thing a presidential candidate could say. Bernie Sa... |
| Nov 27, 2015 | Can predictive analytics change how hospitals interact with patients? | Cousins previously worked for Evolent Health and served as vice president of analytics at Cigna. He has also worked in health informatics at Wellpoint. Referring to ACOs, Cousins said: “Providers are becoming more like payers and need to be... |
| Apr 28, 2015 | A ground-up look at the Medicaid managed-care reforms debate | State Medicaid programs across the country, which operate with large federal contributions, have outsourced most of their care management in recent years to insurance companies like the ones in Tennessee. The companies cover poor and disabl... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | One Medical health care is the hot new perk for tech startups (exclusive) | Tech startups are known for their crazy perks — a gym membership, unlimited vacation, and free meals — which are designed to recruit and retain engineers.
The hot new benefit is far more practical: High-quality primary care. And starting no... |
| Aug 12, 2010 | Study: Medical errors cost at least $19.5 billion annually in U.S. | Medical errors cost the U.S. economy an estimated $19.5 billion in 2008, according to a study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries.
Seattle-based consulting firm Milliman Inc. compiled medical claims data to provide a measurement of cos... |
| Aug 12, 2010 | Study: Medical errors cost at least $19.5 billion annually in U.S. | Medical errors cost the U.S. economy an estimated $19.5 billion in 2008, according to a study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries.
Seattle-based consulting firm Milliman Inc. compiled medical claims data to provide a measurement of cos... |
| Addressing the behavioral health crisis through an integrated approach | Along with illness and heartbreaking loss of too many lives, the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought an unprecedented behavioral health crisis in our country, and further exposed gaps in access to healthcare for certain underserved communities.
A... |
| Top 5 Medicare Advantage plan changes coming for 2022 | Covid-19 overwhelmed hospitals in many metropolitan areas in 2020, and patients hospitalized with the virus often had a longer length of stay compared to other conditions. Healthcare costs overall, however, are expected to be anywhere from ... |
| 5 things U.S. government can do to fix our broken healthcare system | There’s no denying that America’s healthcare system is broken. The United States spends three times more per person on medical expenses than the average developed country does, and yet our life expectancy is lower and costs for the patients... |
| How can we cure hepatitis C? | The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is America’s deadliest infectious disease. It affects five million people in the U.S., a vast majority of whom are socio-economically disadvantaged. People living in poverty have nine times greater risk of contra... |
| Opening the door: Are behavioral health providers ready for value-based care? | There’s a lot of buzz in healthcare about the promise of value-based care (VBC) and how it can reign in skyrocketing costs, while delivering improved patient outcomes. And indeed, the move to VBC has yielded positive results in primary care... |
| ‘It’s a work in progress.’ How Covid has changed the life insurance marketplace | Individual U.S life insurance application activity increased by 3.4% in 2021, following a record-breaking year-over-year growth of 3.9% in 2020.
The industry is still wrestling with mortality assumptions related to Covid-19, and how shifts ... |
| 1 in 3 workers saw higher health costs this year, survey finds | 1 in 3 employees reported an increase in their health costs this year, according to a survey published Thursday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Many also experienced negative financial side effects like reduced retirement saving... |
| Can predictive analytics change how hospitals interact with patients? | The Department of Health and Human Services is pushing for value-based reimbursement models to account for half of Medicare payments by 2018, per an announcement earlier this year. The move underscores the need for hospitals and accountable... |
| Cost vs. value for benefits and premiums is at the heart of the ACA repeal and replace debate | As House Republicans try to find common cause on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they may be ready to let states make the ultimate decision about whether to keep a key consumer provision in the federal health law that ... |
| Big pensions are nearly 100% funded, the healthiest they’ve been since 2008 financial crisis | Strong stock returns and higher bond yields led to better pension health in 2021.
The 100 largest pensions among public U.S. companies were almost 100% funded at the end of 2021 — the healthiest they’ve been since September 2008, according ... |
| Beyond Covid-19: 5 opportunities for startups to reshape the future healthcare landscape | The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the world as we know it, taking an unprecedented toll on health and human life. The healthcare ecosystem has quickly mobilized to mitigate the crisis – modifying care access points and modalities w... |
| Looming risk for mortgage credit and MBS investors from “Lender Choice” | Since 1996 when Freddie Mac introduced the industry to the first automated underwriting system (AUS) for GSE-eligible mortgages, a borrower’s credit score has served as one of the most important predictors of mortgage delinquency. For many ... |
| 10 things that will be more expensive in 2022 | The cost of clothes, groceries, furniture and other goods are rising in the year ahead.
Here’s what you can do about higher prices. |
| A ground-up look at the Medicaid managed-care reforms debate | HARTSVILLE, Tenn. — Lynda Douglas thought she had a deal with Tennessee. She would adopt and love a tiny, unwanted, profoundly disabled girl named Charla. The private insurance companies that run Tennessee’s Medicaid program would cover Cha... |
